路加福音4: 31-37

 

4:31 耶穌下到迦百農，就是加利利的一座城，在安息日教訓眾人。
4:32 他們很希奇他的教訓，因為他的話裡有權柄。
4:33 在會堂裡有一個人，被污鬼的精氣附著，大聲喊叫說：
4:34 「唉！拿撒勒的耶穌，我們與你有甚麼相干？你來滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，乃是上帝的聖者。」
4:35 耶穌責備他說：「不要作聲，從這人身上出來吧！」鬼把那人摔倒在眾人中間，就出來了，卻也沒有害他。
4:36 眾人都驚訝，彼此對問說：「這是甚麼道理呢？因為他用權柄能力吩咐污鬼，污鬼就出來。」
4:37 於是耶穌的名聲傳遍了周圍地方。

 

³¹ Then he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he taught the people. ³² They were amazed at his teaching, because his words had authority.

³³ In the synagogue there was a man possessed by a demon, an impure spirit. He cried out at the top of his voice, ³⁴ “Go away! What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”

³⁵ “Be quiet!” Jesus said sternly. “Come out of him!” Then the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without injuring him.

³⁶ All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What words these are! With authority and power he gives orders to impure spirits and they come out!” ³⁷ And the news about him spread throughout the surrounding area.

 

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    主耶穌是主動來拯救！就像這一個被污鬼的精氣附著的人，他無法靠自己的意志來向主耶穌求救，因為他的意志被壓抑、被綑綁，甚至是被利用來抵抗主耶穌，正如他的呼喊：「唉！拿撒勒的耶穌，我們與你有甚麼相干？你來滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，乃是上帝的聖者。」

 

    然而主耶穌不願意他被綑綁與壓制，主動向污鬼備說：「不要作聲，從這人身上出來吧！」鬼把那人摔倒在眾人中間，就出來了，卻也沒有害他。因為主耶穌是上帝的兒子，祂有權柄來命令污鬼！

 

    也因為這樣迦百農的居民認識主耶穌是有權柄的，但是很可惜的是，並沒有認祂為基督，也因此與救恩也是擦身而過！

 

    感謝主！今日我們可以透過聖經和聖靈，認識主耶穌是基督，讓我我們可以承認耶穌基督是主，成為上帝的兒女，享受救恩！